Water Quality Control Division

About the Division

• Organizational chart

Key Topics

• Alamosa Outbreak Investigation Report  

• State-Mandated Furloughs and WQCD Services

• WET Meeting Announcement and Presentation Materials

• Water Quality Improvement Fund - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 30, 2009

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Information

• Practical Quantitation Limitation Guidance Document

• Spill Reporting Guidance

Regulations

• Water Quality Control Commission regulations

• Regulations adopted by the State Board of Health

Programs

• Safe Drinking Water Program

• Engineering Section

• Enforcement actions

• Fish consumption advisories

• Monitoring

• Nonpoint Source Program

• Financial Solutions Unit (fka Outreach and Project Assistance Unit) 

• Permitting

• Water Quality Assessment Unit

Boards, Councils and Work Groups

• Water Quality Control Commission
• Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council
• Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board
• Work Group links (leaving the department web)

Reports 

• Colorado's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Report, 2007 [2.24 MB]

• Fountain Creek Assessment

  • The Osprey Group, Fountain Creek Conflict Assessment Report, June 2006

  • The Osprey Group, Fountain Creek Assessment public meeting presentation, August 2006

• Letter Re: Possible impacts to Wastewater Treatment Facilities associated with recently adopted revised ammonia criteria

  • Appendix A - Implementation process for new basic standards ammonia criteria

• Water Quality Control Division Annual Report to the Commission

• Water Quality Control Division Bulletin 

Other Resources

• Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Quality Protection

• Colorado water quality resource documents

• Contact information for individual drinking water rules 

• District engineer county listing 

• EPA water quality criteria and guidance documents

• New Colorado Wastewater Mentoring Program

• Record Center File Review Request Form and Procedures

• Selected WQCD policies and guidance documents

Employee Directory

• State employee telephone directory

Your opinion is important to us. If you have comments regarding this information, or wish to have additional information included, please e-mail us at comments.wqcd@state.co.us

Water Quality Control Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: (303) 692-3500

West Slope Regional Office
222 S. 6th St., Room 232
Grand Junction, CO  81501
(970) 248-7150

Southeast Regional Office
4718 N. Elizabeth St., Ste. B
Pueblo, CO  81008
(719) 545-4650

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Colorado Environmental Release and Incident Reporting Hotline

To report spills, drinking water acute and emergency incidents, observed fish kills, etc. contact the Colorado Environmental Release and Incident Reporting Hotline:

1-877-518-5608